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EOI -> Cape York Trip 2010
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:46 am
by Xtreme_RX
Just seeing if there is any interest here of doing a trip to Cape York in 2010.
It would be a 3 to 4 week trip around August / September / October. (Remembering wet season is December to March)
There would be lots of fishing happing too.
This trip is a very difficult trip for a Subaru. The vehicles will need to be in absolute A1 condition mechanically, it is not recommended to tow a trailer especially with the smaller vehicles we drive.
If you have any suggestions / queries please post here...
Thanks - Justin
Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:36 pm
by Outback bloke
Which way are you planning on going and what sort of sight seeing?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 7:38 am
by Xtreme_RX
Not to sure yet, I am open to suggestions.
Thinking of doing the old telegraph road.....
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:11 pm
by Matt
i could be interested depending on time and whether i can get time off work, etc. I would recommend the old telegraph line, it is a real good run. ( i have been up the Cape on the DRZ400)
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:13 am
by Outback bloke
I would love to get up there again. I am not a definite on the trip yet but very keen.
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:13 am
by Wilbur
I'd be keen, but ask me again in 2010.
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:40 am
by Xtreme_RX
Was talking to my manager & she was saying that gun shot creek is another good place to go....
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:10 am
by Wilbur
I doubt anyone on here will be driving up the hard bit of gunshot......
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:23 am
by Xtreme_RX
There is a track around the 'hard' bit now.
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:46 am
by dibs
HIDE this post
dam if wrxtc see this we will be going to . not mite WLL lol
dibs
supose that gives us time to move into new house set up work shop and make sure the work brumby is up to scratch
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:07 pm
by Suby Wan Kenobi
I am up for it
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:13 pm
by Xtreme_RX
I was thinking of submitting this trip to the QLD Subaru club.
I will have some more details about destinations etc in the next few days.
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:45 pm
by Fatz
i reckon ill be up for it.
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:29 pm
by Wilbur
Xtreme_RX wrote:I was thinking of submitting this trip to the QLD Subaru club.
I will have some more details about destinations etc in the next few days.
Twin falls, fruit bat falls, gunshot, cockatoo, palm i think...umm otl, sommerset, capt billys.....
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:52 pm
by Matt
You have to include the Creb Track!!!
i have wanted to do in the ute ever since i did it on the bike
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:30 pm
by wrxtc
too late i seen the post dibs and we are goin, by the way ive done the cape used to fish at weipa every year out at mapoon ,havent been now for over five years last time i went to top end , the road was trechorous and we were in a nissan patrol towing a pop top camper ,have no idea how the friggen coaches got up there that did but they got there. we camped at seisa, yes it was great but i gotta say i dont know why when the road was already trecherous as in we were driving on the edge of the road with drops as big as your whole tyre to drop into if you slid off the track. nah the gunshot is a nightmare have never heard a good story about that road.
we were on the normal road to top and that was enough for me i tell ya it took us all day to get back one of the days as everybody in front of us was bogged it had rained the road was mud like clay and a circus was trying to get up to the north bamaga and was bogged.
but yep im up for it coen camping on the creek is great and far out some realy good crayfish in that creek.
and archer river what a spot camped down on the river bed there its just incredible. fishing at mapoon janie creek which is one hour from weipa was incredible camped out ,but bamaga and seisa was a real dissapointment for me i expected lush tropics not dusty dirty rip off town.
love weipa though wanna live there lol and barra fish for rest of me life
yep me and dibs will go if he dont im in and he might be filing for divorce lol.
keep us informed .
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:12 pm
by dibs
hmmmm makes me think we should keep and:mrgreen lift the forry .and use it for these of road activities were planing .
hows that sound guys a lifted 98 forry auto, big feet, bull bar, winch (hehehehehe)roof top camper and then some .
any other recommendations
dibs
:p
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:52 pm
by subybrumby
I'm intrigued. not committing yet..bit far off...probably take the stocko brumby with the 14" wheels off the turbo one. Need to think more about it but sounds like a fair few going. Trevor
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:44 pm
by Xtreme_RX
Keep the ideas coming please! The more ideas the better planed we will be!!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:39 pm
by Matt
Gunshot would be fun there is now a girly track around that would almost let a standard Suby get through. That was almost 18 months ago.